Wyre Borough Council elections

Elections to Wyre Borough Council in Lancashire, England are held every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 55 councillors have been elected from 26 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
Conservative	1973–1995
Labour	1995–1999
Conservative	1999–present

Council elections

Wyre Borough Council election, 1973
Wyre Borough Council election, 1976
Wyre Borough Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
Wyre Borough Council election, 1983
Wyre Borough Council election, 1987
Wyre Borough Council election, 1991
Wyre Borough Council election, 1995
Wyre Borough Council election, 1999
Wyre Borough Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 1)^[4]^[5]
Wyre Borough Council election, 2007
Wyre Borough Council election, 2011
Wyre Borough Council election, 2015 (New ward boundaries)^[6]

Borough result maps

2007 results map
2011 results map

By-election results

1995-1999

Rossall By-Election 13 June 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		771	52.7
	Conservative		605	41.3
	Liberal Democrat		88	6.0
Majority			166	11.4
Turnout			1,464	40.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Pharos By-Election 14 August 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		525	59.7	+5.1
	Conservative		354	40.3	+19.2
Majority			171	19.4
Turnout			879	34.5
	Labour hold		Swing

1999-2003

Warren By-Election 10 June 1999 (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		838	20.25
	Labour		821	19.84
	Labour		726	17.54
	Conservative		602	14.54
	Conservative		596	14.40
	Conservative		556	13.43
Turnout				42.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Norcross By-Election 28 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		510	55.4	-3.4
	Labour		410	44.6	+3.4
Majority			100	10.8
Turnout			920	27.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

2003-2007

Warren By-Election 5 May 2005^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Ratcliffe	1,414	54.9	-5.7
	Conservative	Carole Bonham	943	36.6	-2.8
	UKIP	James Orange	219	8.5	+8.5
Majority			471	18.3
Turnout			2,576
	Labour hold		Swing

Park By-Election 18 May 2006^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Birkett	560	55.1	+27.2
	Labour	Julie Grunshaw	456	44.9	-27.2
Majority			104	10.2
Turnout			1,016	32.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

2007-2011

Victoria By-Election 7 February 2008^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patsy Ormrod	769	51.9	-10.1
	Labour	Billy Glasgow	339	22.9	+1.1
	BNP	James Clayton	222	15.0	+15.0
	UKIP	Roy Hopwood	151	10.2	-6.0
Majority			430	29.0
Turnout			1,481
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Eccleston By-Election 19 June 2008^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Catterall	778	67.8	-32.2
	Independent	Jim Proctor	309	26.9	+26.9
	Liberal Democrat	Chandos Elletson	60	5.2	+5.2
Majority			469	40.9
Turnout			1,481	39.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Jubilee By-Election 22 October 2009^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Walmsley	492	38.3	+4.2
	UKIP	Roy Hopwood	345	26.9	-4.8
	Labour	Wayne Martin	331	25.8	+0.7
	BNP	James Clayton	116	9.0	+9.0
Majority			147	11.4
Turnout			1,284	37.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tithebarn By-Election 7 October 2010^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lesley Ann McKay	847	73.4	+0.6
	Labour	Alan Morgan	307	26.6	-0.6
Majority			540	46.79
Turnout			1154	34.91%
	Conservative hold		Swing

2011-2015

Rossall Parish By-Election 26 September 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Bond	330	38.73	+5.05
	Independent	Zac Moore	287	33.69	N/A
	TUSC	Ray Smith	235	27.58	N/A
Majority			43	5.05
Turnout			853	17.82
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ "Wyre Borough Councillors". Wyre Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
↑ "Wyre". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
↑ The Borough of Wyre (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Wyre (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Wyre (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
↑ "Warren Ward Borough Elections, 2005". Wyre Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
↑ "Park Ward Borough Elections, 2006". Wyre Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
↑ "Tories hold on to seats in by-election". Blackpool Gazette. 2008-02-09. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
↑ "Conservatives win Great Eccleston by-election". The Garstang Courier. 2008-06-20. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
↑ "Conservative sweep to by election triumph". Blackpool Gazette. 2009-10-23. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
↑ http://www.wyrebc.gov.uk/Page.aspx?PvnID=80969&PgeID=72030&BrdCb=1-24-522-532-538

By-election results

External links

Wyre Council

Council elections in Lancashire

County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Blackburn with Darwen	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Blackpool	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015

Burnley	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Chorley	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Fylde	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Hyndburn	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Lancaster	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Pendle	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Preston	1945 1946 1947 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Ribble Valley	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Rossendale	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

South Ribble	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

West Lancashire	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Wyre	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

See also: Wards Boundary changes

Culture and infrastructure of the Borough of Wyre

Transport

Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramroad Blackpool tramway Fleetwood Branch Line Garstang & Knot-End Railway North Lancs Steam Navigation Preston & Wyre Railway

Railway stations	Poulton-le-Fylde

Disused stations	Burn Naze Halt Carr Lane Cockerham Cross Halt Fleetwood Garstang and Catterall Garstang Town Knott End-on-Sea Nateby Pilling Poulton Curve Halt Preesall Thornton–Cleveleys Wyre Dock

Education

Sport

Media

Fleetwood Weekly News

Politics

Council elections 2003 07 11 15

Constituencies	Fylde North Lancaster and Fleetwood Lancaster and Wyre Wyre and Preston North

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